The Invitation
A six day meditation and yoga retreat immersion at Mana, NZ’s most popular retreat centre. A sanctuary nestled in the bush covered hills of the Coromandel.
This is an all-included meditation retreat with yoga, spanning 6 days over King’s B-day long weekend. It will be a complete retreat for you, an opportunity for deeper practice, contemplation and connection with the most beautiful New Zealand has to offer. Covered in native bush with views out to the islands, Mana has a very unique magic.
Deepen and refine your meditation practice with this retreat led by experienced teacher and practitioner Susan Allen.
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At this meditation and yoga retreat you will:
– Learn a structured meditation practice that you will be confident and inspired to continue on your own at home.
– Understand what meditation is and how it can be used in your life to decrease stress, to cultivate ease of mind, and as a tool for flourishing in your life.
– Gain an understanding of the common obstacles to meditation and how to overcome them.
– Ask questions and receive personalised advice on how to progress in your practice.
– Have 6 days immersion in meditation and yoga, recharge and get clear on a path moving forward.
– Learn from one of NZ’s most experienced and competent meditation teachers Susan Allen.
– Take home a collection of meditation audio recordings that you can continue to use to progress your practice.
Meditation will change your life, developing a calmness of mind, a poise of character. It is a foundation for flourishing to your highest potential
Location and Venue
- Mana, Coromandel -
Mana, NZs leading retreat centre, is set on 350acres of land on the western side of the Coromandel peninsula. Native bush covers the land in a blanket of quiet calm. Little bush trails trace their way between the accommodations and the different buildings on the property. The trails and the birdsong will lead you on a little adventure up to the mountain summit where a large crystal embedded in the rock looks out to the islands beyond. The feeling is at the same time of space as well as of being held.
The Sanctuary, the crowning glory of Mana, is a temple that stands at the top of the mountain. Built by the founders of Mana many years ago this space is available for you to enjoy anytime. A moonlight visit to the sanctuary is a journey to remember. Mana has been hosting meditation and yoga retreats for over 40 years. The Octagon is our main practice room. Warmed by an abundant fireplace this spacious room also looks out over the ocean and islands. Being a dedicated practice space it holds the energy and steadiness that supports our practice.
Mana has a very extensive organic garden that provides the nutritious and delicious food that Mana is famous for.You will really know what cooked with love means after tasting this fare. All dietary needs catered for.
There is a very cool bush bath nestled amongst the native bush; participants can also treat themselves to the sauna as well as book in for a massage with a wide range of massage and healing therapists.
Pricing
Single private room – $1,550
Twin share room – $1,420 per person
What’s included
* Accommodation, all food and refreshments, all tuition
* Audio recordings of all practices to take home
Schedule
All retreat participants are required to attend all of the meditation sessions as we will build on the information each day. This Coromandel meditation retreat also includes optional daily yoga classes.
from 3 pm – Arrive and check in to rooms
4 – 7 pm – Opening circle. Outlining our intention and meditation practices for the retreat
7 pm – Dinner
6.40 – 7am Yoga practice (optional)
7 – 8 am – Breakfast
8 – 9.30am – Meditation practice and discussion
10 – 11.30am – Meditation practice and discussion
11.30 am – Lunch
till 2.30pm – Free time to go bush walking, resting, reading, exploring the property
2.30 – 3.15pm Yoga practice (optional)
3.30 – 5pm – Meditation discussion and practice
5.30 – 7pm – Meditation discussion and practice
7pm – Dinner
7.30 – 9.30am – Meditation practice and discussion.
9.30am – Breakfast
11am – 12pm – Closing circle
12.30pm – Lunch (for those that would like to stay)
Meditation approach
The meditation practices and discussion will have a particular emphasis on cultivating quietness and steadiness in the mind as well as cultivating insights that bring freedom and peace of mind into our everyday life. Tibetan Buddhist meditations value an intelligent and structured approach to investigating ‘What is the mind?’ and consequently frame meditation in a practical and methodical way. The meditation practices will be taken from the Mahamudra and Dzogchen Tibetan Buddhist tradition. These will be presented in a secular, practical fashion.
The primary offerings on this retreat are:
1. Attention training practices specifically to quieten the busy mind; this cultivates tranquility and stability of mind.
2. Insight practices that liberate the mind from its conditioned patterns. This causes our habitual reactive emotional states to decline, we feel more connected to others and we begin to operate more from a spacious, ease-ful awareness rather than from the obsession with thought.
3. Quiet time to nourish and gain inspiration on a path forward.
This meditation and yoga retreat is 6 days of time just for yourself – to restore, to nourish and to learn
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About Susan Allen
Susan Allen is the founder of Retreats NZ and the leading facilitator on this meditation and yoga retreat.
Susan’s mission is to play a part in the awakening of human consciousness where all people experience ease, feel connected, and can flourish to their fullest potential. She is inspired to demystify meditation and yoga by sharing accessible, transformative practices that cultivate ease, expand the heart and restore our sense of connection and belonging.
Susan has been teaching yoga and meditation for over 22 years. Having practised meditation as a teenager, meditation has been a lifelong passion of Susans. She has been lucky enough to study under some of the great living meditation masters in India and across the world, and knows firsthand how meditation can transform one’s mental and emotional state at a foundational level of being. As well as an in-depth knowledge of these age-old practices, Susan also has a distinct talent of delivery, communicating complex sophisticated ideas in a way that is easily digestible and clear.
Susan also runs a yoga teacher mentorship service The Yoga Transition and the online yoga platform Entering The Stream.
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